High bay LED with 5-foot lamp cord

[HoosierBuddy]

Guys,

I was given a 150W LED high bay light that I want to install in the attic of my barn. Where I'm going to mount it will be about 14 feet above the floor, hanging from the rafters.


I'm not super comfortable with installing a receptacle up there as getting a ladder set up for access is going to be hard and a bit precarious. I want to get that ladder set up and only do this one time...not anytime the plug gets loose or something. The lamp doesn't include any provision to remove the cord and wire it directly. What would the verdict be for cutting off the plug, running the wire into a junction box and connecting to Romex there? I feel like that would be more secure than plugging it in....but don't want to do it if that's a "no no".

Any advice would be much appreciated. THANKS!

 

[Shiftless]

I'm not super comfortable with installing a receptacle up there as getting a ladder set up for access is going to be hard and a bit precarious.

If you can’t get a secure place to stand with your feet 8 feet above the floor to install a receptacle, how are you going to do the wiring of the cord into the junction box and secure some kind of hanger to support the weight of the fixture? Do you plan to use chain or ???

Don‘t risk taking chances with a wobbly ladder set up. My brother died after he fell off a 6 foot step ladder.

 

[HoosierBuddy]

I've got an extension ladder. I can haul it up the stairs in the barn, extend it to near max (15-feet), then lean it against the masonry chimney that goes floor to ceiling in the barn attic. Then climb up the ladder and work from there? It's not going to be ideal that's for certain.

Other way to do it would be to use a shorter step ladder near the sidewalls where the rafters are closer to the floor. Get a piece of something (aluminum square tubing maybe?) with the light already prewired and hanging from it. Lag screw one end of the tubing into a rafter at a convenient height. Move the ladder to the other side of the barn, lift the other end of the aluminum up so it's parallel to the floor and lag screw it into place to opposing rafter.

 

[nh_yota]

Use an extension cord?

 

[sparky 1971]

It's not going to come unplugged from a new receptacle, but if it's truly a concern, use a twist lock. If it's really that much of a PITA to get up there, it's gonna be more of a PITA to hardwire it and even more so to undo it and take it down after it fails.